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VSPV NRW: AI-Driven Automation for Complex Case Handling

We worked with VSPV NRW in Germany to modernize document-heavy hearing and decision workflows into one AI-powered platform - reducing manual steps, increasing consistency, and helping teams decide faster with confidence.

Public Sector
AI Automation
Workflow Platform
-45%
Average handling time
+30%
Decision consistency
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ABOUT THE PROJECT

Overview

VSPV needed a resilient digital backbone for hearing and decision operations. The legacy process relied on manual handovers, fragmented documents, and limited visibility across stakeholders. We designed and delivered a centralized platform that orchestrates intake, review, and final decision support in one operational flow.

Discovery
Platform UX
AI Integration

The Challenge

Teams had to process high volumes of case files under strict quality expectations. Information lived across PDFs, emails, and disconnected systems, making each case slow to assess and harder to standardize. The key challenge was introducing automation without sacrificing accountability, transparency, or human judgment.

The Solution

We implemented a practical AI-enabled workflow platform that:

  • Extracts and structures critical information from incoming case documents.
  • Routes tasks automatically based on case type, stage, and urgency.
  • Supports reviewers with decision-ready summaries and traceable recommendations.
  • Provides operational dashboards for throughput, SLA risk, and bottleneck visibility.
  • Keeps human approval in control while reducing repetitive administrative work.
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TECHNOLOGY STACK

What powers the platform

Product, application, data, and delivery layers we used to ship the VSPV experience end to end.

Product & experience

Web application (SPA)
Responsive admin-style UI
Internationalization (i18n)
Rich text editing, calendars, charts, maps (where relevant to the story)

Frontend

Vue 3
TypeScript
Vite
Tailwind CSS
Vue Router
TanStack Query (Vue)
Form validation (Vee-Validate + Yup)

Backend & API

Go
REST API (Fiber)
JWT-based auth
Structured logging (Zap)
OpenAPI / Swagger documentation

Data & persistence

PostgreSQL
Redis (caching / sessions / queues)
GORM (ORM)
SQL migrations (golang-migrate)

Document & AI workflows

Python (batch / cron jobs)
PDF parsing & OCR (e.g. pdfplumber, Tesseract)
OpenAI API (document / hearing-related processing)

Integrations

SendGrid (transactional email)
External registry / compliance APIs (Handelsregister stack in Docker Compose)

Infrastructure & delivery

Docker
Docker Compose
Nginx (static frontend hosting)
Alpine-based images

Quality & developer experience

ESLint & Prettier
Vitest & Vue Test Utils
CI-friendly build pipeline
RESULTS
-45%
reduction in average case handling time
+30%
improvement in decision consistency across reviewers
2x
faster triage for high-priority hearings
+60%
better workflow visibility for operations leads
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